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Category: WORLD
Turbulence Ahead: The Maintenance Workforce Dilemm...
Amidst escalating global tensions and growing challenges in the civilian aviation sector, an aircraft maintenance shortage has eme...
The Puzzle of Chinese Escalation vs Restraint in t...
Tensions between China and the Philippines have escalated dramatically in recent months around Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged re...
Shifting the U.S.-Japan Alliance from Coordination...
This week, Tokyo hosted the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, which brought together the two countries’ defense and fore...
Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Puzzle of Russian Beha...
In 2018, Kimberly Marten wrote “The Puzzle of Russian Behavior in Deir al-Zour,” which investigates the complex relationship betwe...
Attitude Adjustment: Can the US do Better in Afric...
As Africa is seeing a dramatic rise in violent conflict and elected governments there are falling to coups, Chris, Zack, and Melan...
Keeping the “Best and Brightest” Junior Officers i...
How would our world be different if Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz, John Lejeune, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin had resigned after fi...
In Brief: The Venezuelan Presidential Election
Last week, Venezuela held its presidential election, resulting in a controversial announcement by its National Electoral Council (...
The Smartest Conversation on Cyber in the Defense ...
Ryan was joined by Melissa Griffith (SAIS-Johns Hopkins), Anne Marie Schumann (Department of the Navy), Alexis Bonnell (Air Force ...
NATO Missed a Chance to Transform Itself
Apart from the heat, the NATO summit went off without a hitch. Yes, Washington was consumed with the political whirlwind surroundi...
How to Make Military AI Governance More Robust
AI-enabled warfare has reached its “Oppenheimer moment.” From the backroom to the battlefield, AI is now being integrated into the...
What Body Composition Policies Show — and Hide — A...
To anyone following the brouhaha surrounding fitness standards across the U.S. military, the Air Force’s six-month delay in resumi...
Mid-Afternoon Map: In Search of the Civilizational...
Welcome to Mid-Afternoon Map, our exclusive members-only newsletter that provides a cartographic perspective on current events, ge...